Not only can't, but it will increase the harm. First of all, burning incense cannot eliminate the toxic and harmful substances in second-hand smoke. It just masks the smell of smoke. The smell of burning incense overwhelms the smell of smoke, giving you the illusion that second-hand smoke disappears. In fact, secondhand smoke still permeates the space.
And burning incense itself can also produce new toxic and harmful substances, which is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire. In this environment, health will be harmed by secondhand smoke and incense burning products! It is made of wood powder, such as branches, resins and roots of plants. , plus spices, drugs and adhesives.
Traditional handmade incense
When burning incense, these wood powder, adhesives and other components will release a large number of particulate matter (including PM2.5, PM 10), and also release gaseous pollutants such as SO2, nitrogen oxides and VOCs, which contain a large number of benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as benzopyrene and other strong carcinogens.
These pollutants include dizziness, nausea and throat inflammation. , leading to memory loss, but also induce respiratory diseases and contain carcinogenicity.
According to the report of the Environmental Protection Bureau of Taiwan Province Province, indoor incense burning will make the concentration of PM2.5 exceed the standard by 40 times. The "smoke" produced by temple incense burning, that is, aerosol particles, contains a lot of PM2.5. In Taiwan Province Province, 3,000 tons of incense and 240,000 tons of gold paper are burned every year, resulting in air pollutants equivalent to the emissions of 20,000 vehicles.
In places where incense is burned, usually in places with poor ventilation, such as temples, or in closed spaces like homes, pilgrims who burn incense often come into close contact with incense, so they will inhale more toxic and harmful substances.
You can put some plants such as chlorophytum, aloe and poisonous weeds on your desk. These plants can adsorb harmful substances such as nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar in second-hand smoke to a certain extent, which can appropriately reduce the harm to human body.
In addition, indoor ventilation can be maintained; And remind smokers not to smoke indoors as much as possible.
If you have to work in this environment, you can eat more lung-clearing food or fruits, such as pears, fungus, pig blood and so on.
Being in this environment for a long time, even if the above points are done in time, the harm to human body is inevitable, asthma. Pneumonia, lung cancer and other diseases will come to you slowly and try to stay away.
A study of more than 6 1000 Chinese Singaporeans (aged 45-74) was conducted for 12 years, and it was found that there was a significant statistical correlation between burning incense and upper respiratory cancer. People who burn incense at home all the year round are 80% more likely to develop respiratory squamous cell carcinoma than those who don't burn incense. The Hong Kong Cancer Foundation also pointed out that cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma are related to burning incense.